INTERACTION OF A TEST PARTICLE WITH A PLASMA. PART II. ENERGY LOSS OF THE TEST PARTICLE
Abstract
A perturbation analysis of the energy loss suffered by a test particle travelling through a plasma is considered. The action of the system on the particle is described as a combined result due to the polarization of the medium and to the correlated fluctuations of the electric microfield. The calculation is extended up to order e6. Higher order effects appear through binary, ternary etc. time correlations of the electric field and its derivatives related to a single point, to the points of a triangle, etc. of the unperturbed system. The possibility of a systematic extension to higher orders is indicated. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0258439
Entities
People
- A. Ron
- G. Kalman
Organizations
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology